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Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (May 8, 2020)

A Niobrara Shale discovery in the Powder River Basin by EOG Resources plus high-volume Haynesville completions in Louisiana’s Red River Parish top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.

Larry
Prado
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Fri, 05/08/2020 - 11:00 AM
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (May 8, 2020)

Larry Prado, Hart Energy’s activity editor, summarizes recent exploration action from the oil and gas industry. (Source: Hart Energy; Shutterstock.com)

In case you missed it, here’s a look at this week’s top five drilling activity highlights from around the world.

  • GEP Hayneville: Two High-volume Haynesville Completions in Red River Parish, La.
  • Niobrara Discovery in Converse County, Wyo.: 1.285 Mbbl of Oil, 2.436 MMcf of Gas Per Day
  • Cabot Oil & Gas Marcellus Completion Tested Flowing 41 MMcf of Gas Per Day
  • Upper Three Forks Well Tested Flowing 6.028 Mbbl of Oil, 5.644 MMcf of Gas Per Day
  • Cooper/Eromanga Basin Exploratory in Queensland Hits 35-m Interpreted Gas Pay Zone

For more up-to-date information on the latest U.S. and international exploration wells visit Hart Energy’s online Drilling Activity Highlights database.


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NYSE: EOG EOG Resources Inc.
NYSE: COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
NYSE: MRO Marathon Oil Corp.
Private Company GEP Haynesville LLC
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Larry Prado

Larry Prado writes activity highlights for Hart Energy's upstream franchises and covers E&P news. He holds an AA in electronics engineering technology and a BA in technical communications.

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